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Oil slick tarnishing Amazon area in Ecuador sparks outcry

Updated: 2024-09-18 10:33
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Waorani residents at an abandoned oil well near Guiyero on Aug 27. RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP

Crude oil, its leading export, generated revenues of $7.8 billion in 2023. Extreme poverty affects over 10 percent of Ecuador's population of about 17 million, with indigenous communities severely hit.

"We are not cared for, we are forgotten", due to the lack of essential services such as healthcare, Nenquimo said.

Agencies via Xinhua

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